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Web site recommendation
foodbabe.com
especially for investigations into food ingredients
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Thanks 
And I recommend the latest version of Harold McGee's classic "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen"
I bought it for my Kindle recently as my twenty-six y.o. paperback was/is falling apart. He's a great writer and makes it fun to read about food science 
http://foodbabe.com/2014/08/25/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte/#more-17743
She did a great job on investigating that horror (I knew it had to be a nutritional mess--never have ordered one) and on this page she not only tells you what's in it, she explains the chemicals and shortcuts, and she goes even further to give you a link to a recipe for a pumpkin coffee drink that's healthy.
Like one with real pumpkin in it, LOL.
At the campus I work at, they have a Starbucks not only at the library (!the library?!), but they have a "satellite" on the 3rd floor of the building where I teach. At the elevator I will often see students coming from the satellite Starbucks with these whip-cream topped drinks that are full of sugar. One day a student (without a drink) remarked, "Diabetes in a cup." At least they are not all unaware.
Cher
She did a great job on investigating that horror (I knew it had to be a nutritional mess--never have ordered one) and on this page she not only tells you what's in it, she explains the chemicals and shortcuts, and she goes even further to give you a link to a recipe for a pumpkin coffee drink that's healthy.
Like one with real pumpkin in it, LOL.
At the campus I work at, they have a Starbucks not only at the library (!the library?!), but they have a "satellite" on the 3rd floor of the building where I teach. At the elevator I will often see students coming from the satellite Starbucks with these whip-cream topped drinks that are full of sugar. One day a student (without a drink) remarked, "Diabetes in a cup." At least they are not all unaware.
Cher